There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. - Pierre Bayle
The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.
1. Reading becomes knowledge.2. Applying knowledge becomes experience.Most people have done 1 but they forget 2. These people blow too much without effective result. - CycDemo
Learn how to pray with all your heart, applying all your energy to concentrate on one specific goal - Sunday Adelaja
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. - Jim Rohn
Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it. - Israel Wayne
The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again. - John Gray
Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man. - Ralph J. Smith
Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in. - Aaron Swartz
Learning is a matter of gathering knowledge; wisdom is applying that knowledge. - Roopleen
If you have to convince someone that you are their soulmate then you didn't realize the thousand other guys applying for the job. - Shannon L. Alder
Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will. - Orrin Woodward
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn
Knowledge, understanding, and wisdom is naught to the man who is incapable of applying it. - Joshua Romqn
The goal of parenting is to create self-sufficient virtues in children. Applying external pressure and punishments tends to teach them fear-based compliance rather than the internalization of moral standards. - Stefan Molyneux
Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. - John R.W. Stott
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. - Groucho Marx
Hell says hallelujah when fools say amen without understanding or applying truth to their lives. - Eveth Colley
Life is not only about acquiring knowledge, it is about applying knowledge. - Amit Kalantri
The Bible is the greatest book ever written. It is absolutely amazing the tremendous amount of joy, peace, and success one will experience simply by applying its admonition. If you truly want the Good Life follow the Good Book. - DeWayne Owens
After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to. - Sarah Dessen